A Quote by Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

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Casualty First Truth Tyranny

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Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
American - Writer
September 14, 1934 - April 24, 2002

They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.

Peter Maurer

In war the first casualty is the truth.

Aeschylus

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Hiram Johnson

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Aeschylus

Truth is always the first casualty of war.

Aeschylus

When war is declared, truth is the first casualty

Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede

In time of war the first casualty is truth.

Boake Carter

The first casualty in every war is truth.

Muriel Lester

In war, truth is often the first casualty.

Winston Churchill

They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard.

Alexander Cockburn

Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war.

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

Harry Browne

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

L. Neil Smith

It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those who accepted the terms of battle? War is a sacrificial system that creates its own justification.